Toy



F. KANGASNIEMI.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. 1920.

Patented Oct. 12,

ATTORNEY I v UNITED, STATES PA ENT FICEQ rE'anINANnKANGA-sNIEMI, or WHITE rnni'ivs, NEW YORK.

TOY,

new and useful Improvements inToys, of

which the following is a specification.

The object ofthis invention is to provlde a toy, carrying an aerial projectile, which is simple in construction, which iseasy and cheap to manufacture, which may be sold at a low price, "which is thoroughly eflicient' and durable in operation and use, and which is entertaining to children.

With this object in view, the invention resides, generally stated, in a socket-member, adapted to be held by one hand of the operator, a rotatable spindle projecting from saidsocket-member and carrying, at it outer end, a spirally-bent, pointed barb, an aerial projectile releasably supported upon said barb, and means, controlled by the other hand of the operator, for rapidly rotating said spindle and said projectile, causing the latter to rise from said barb and fly through the air for a period of time, until the steadily decreasing speed of revolution of said projectile, after it leaves the barb, is such that the force of gravity acts to draw the projectile earthward.

The accompanying drawing clearly discloses an exemplary embodiment of the underlying principles of my invention. Like reference-characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. Briefly described: 7

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the to Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2-2, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a view in top plan; and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the projectile.

Referring, now, in detail to the drawing:

shown, is a cylindrical body, of convenient length and diameter to be easily held in the operators hand. The socket-member is provided with an axial chamber 2 extending from what may be called the upper end thereof and terminating short of the other or lower end thereof. This axial chamber is annular in cross section, and is ada ted to receive a rotatable spindle 3, whic pro- 1 designates a socket-member, which, as

Specification of Li s, may @Pat nted Oct. 12,

' Applicationfiled .Tune' 3, 1920, Serial No. 386,281,

per end of said socketm'ember.

-' ject's for a suitable distance beyond the up- The socket-member is split longitudinally at the upper end thereof, as shownat4, said slit being substantially tangential to the axial chamber '2; and extending from one side of said slit, longitudinally of said socket-member,is a peripheral groove 5, terminating at the lower end of said socketmember. 1 i

ably flexible material, such asleather. The flexible disk 7- is suitably secured in said recess, as by means of glue applied to a portion of the under surface thereof, so that the unglued portion of said disk may be raised, as a flap, to position thereunder a flexible element, such as a cord 8. The dlsk 7 is advantageously disposed slightly below the inner end of the slit 4, as shown in Fig. 2.

The spindle 3 is provided, at a point thereon inside the socket-member 1, with a circumferential groove 9, around which the cord 8 is wound or looped, as shown at 10.

The bottom of the socket-member 1 carries an eye 11, and carried by said socket-member adjacent that side of the slit 4 opposite the dlsk 7 is a guard or keeper 11, driven into the socket-member and projecting across the slit, so as to maintain the cord 8 in said slit.

The end of the spindle 3 which projects beyond thesocket-member carries a barb 12, which is bent spirally, as shown, and is pointed.

The cord 8 is preferably looped, at both ends, so that the fingers of the operator may be inserted in the loops, for convenient manipulation of the cord. The cord passes, at one end, through the eye 11, thence along the groove 5, beneath the disk 7 across one side ofthe slit 4, thence looped around the spindle 3 in the groove 9 thereof, thence through the other side of the slit 4, beneath the keeper I Intersect mg said groove is a peripheral recess 6, dlsposed in which is an element 7, herein shown-as a'disk, preferably of suitrudders of an airplane, is provided with a rectangular slot 14 centrally of the length thereof, whereby the projectile may be disposed on the barb 12. By the rapid revolution of the spindle 3, the projectile 13 is rapidly revolved, which, by reason of the I particular construction of saidprojectile and I the spiral and pointed conformation of the barb 12, causes the projectile to rise from the barb and soar upward into the air and describe an irregular horizontal path of move- 7' is possible with my device to cause the projectile 13 to rise fifty orzsixty feet into the am The disk 7 acts as a drag or brake on the cord: By pressing upon the disk with the thumb or fingerof'the operator, the travel of .the cord is impeded,-as it is-pulled upon by the operator. 7 ,It is to be .understoodpthat,'while in accordance with those-portions of the lievised Statutes, of the United States relating to pata ents, I have -,descri bed with greatparticular- 'Having thus fully described myinvention,

ity a physical embodiment of the underlying principles of my invention, various changes and modifications may be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit ofthe invention, or necessarily sacrificing any of its advantages.

What Iclaim asnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A toy comprising a socket-member provided with a longitudinally-extending slit portion at one end thereof and with a longi tudinally-extending peripheral groove ex tending from said slit portion to-the other, endof said spindle, 'a cord lying in said groove and projecting through said slit por- 7 tion and looped around said spindle for rotating the same, and an aerial projectile supported uponsaid spindle and releasable by v rotation :thereof.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature.

, FERDINAND K'ANGASNIEMI. 

